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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
index b9dfff833e..5c96d6e576 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2014</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
<pre>
gen_event module Callback module
---------------- ---------------
+gen_event:start
gen_event:start_link -----> -
gen_event:add_handler
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
<name>add_handler(EventMgrRef, Handler, Args) -> Result</name>
<fsummary>Add an event handler to a generic event manager.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>EventMgr = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName}
+ <v>EventMgrRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName}
| {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v>
<v>&nbsp;Name = Node = atom()</v>
<v>&nbsp;GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v>
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
<name>add_sup_handler(EventMgrRef, Handler, Args) -> Result</name>
<fsummary>Add a supervised event handler to a generic event manager.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>EventMgr = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName}
+ <v>EventMgrRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName}
| {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v>
<v>&nbsp;Name = Node = atom()</v>
<v>&nbsp;GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v>
@@ -456,19 +457,37 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2
</func>
<func>
<name>stop(EventMgrRef) -> ok</name>
+ <name>stop(EventMgrRef, Reason, Timeout) -> ok</name>
<fsummary>Terminate a generic event manager.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>EventMgrRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName}
| {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v>
<v>Name = Node = atom()</v>
<v>GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
+ <v>Timeout = int()>0 | infinity</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Terminates the event manager <c>EventMgrRef</c>. Before
- terminating, the event manager will call
- <c>Module:terminate(stop,...)</c> for each installed event
- handler.</p>
- <p>See <c>add_handler/3</c> for a description of the argument.</p>
+ <p>Orders the event manager <c>EventMgrRef</c> to exit with
+ the given <c>Reason</c> and waits for it to
+ terminate. Before terminating, the gen_event will call
+ <seealso marker="#Module:terminate/2">Module:terminate(stop,...)</seealso>
+ for each installed event handler.</p>
+ <p>The function returns <c>ok</c> if the event manager terminates
+ with the expected reason. Any other reason than <c>normal</c>,
+ <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> will cause an
+ error report to be issued using
+ <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2">error_logger:format/2</seealso>.
+ The default <c>Reason</c> is <c>normal</c>.</p>
+ <p><c>Timeout</c> is an integer greater than zero which
+ specifies how many milliseconds to wait for the event manager to
+ terminate, or the atom <c>infinity</c> to wait
+ indefinitely. The default value is <c>infinity</c>. If the
+ event manager has not terminated within the specified time, a
+ <c>timeout</c> exception is raised.</p>
+ <p>If the process does not exist, a <c>noproc</c> exception
+ is raised.</p>
+ <p>See <c>add_handler/3</c> for a description of <c>EventMgrRef</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>